GODLESSNESS
GOD'LESSNESS, noun The state of being impious or irreligious.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GODLIKE
GOD'LIKE, adjective Resembling God; divine.1. Resembling a deity, or heathen divinity.2. Of superior excellence; as godlike virtue; a godlike prince.
GODLILY
GOD'LILY, adverb Piously; righteously.
GODLINESS
GOD'LINESS, noun [from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws.1. A religious life; a careful observance of the laws of God and performance of rel...
GODLING
GOD'LING, noun A little deity; a diminutive god; as a puny godling
GODLY
GOD'LY, adjective [god-like] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws.1. Living in obedience to God's commands, from a principle of love to him and reverence of his ch...
GODLYHEAD
GOD'LYHEAD, noun Goodness.
GODMOTHER
GOD'MOTHER, noun [god and mother.] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism.
GODS-PENNY
GOD'S-PENNY, noun An earnest-penny.
GODSHIP
GOD'SHIP, noun Deity; divinity; the rank or character of a god.O'er hills and dales their godships came.
GODSMITH
GOD'SMITH, noun A maker of idols.
GODSON
GOD'SON, noun One for whom another has been sponsor at the font.
GODWARD
GOD'WARD. Toward God. [An ill-formed word.]
GODWIT
GOD'WIT, noun A fowl of the grallic order and genus Scolopax. It has a bill four inches long; the feathers on the head, neck and back are of a light reddish brown; those on the ...
GODYELD
GOD'YELDGOD'YIELD, adverb [Supposed to be contracted from good or god, and shield.] A term of thanks.
GODYIELD
GOD'YIELD, adv. [Supposed to be contracted from good or god, and shield.] A term of thanks.
GOEL
GO'EL, adjective Yellow.
GOER
GO'ER, noun [from go.] One that goes; a runner or walker; one that has a gait good or bad.1. One that transacts business between parties; in an ill sense.2. A foot.3. A term app...
GOETY
GO'ETY, noun Invocation of evil spirits. [Not in use.]
GOFF
GOFF, noun A foolish clown; also, a game. [See Golf.]
GOFFISH
GOFF'ISH, adjective Foolish; stupid.
GOG
GOG, noun Haste; ardent desire to go.
GOGGLE
GOG'GLE, verb intransitive [Latin celo; or from gog.]To strain or roll the eyes.And wink and goggle like an owl.GOG'GLE, adjective Having full eyes; staring.GOG'GLE, noun A stra...
GOGGLE-EYE
GOG'GLE-EYE, noun A rolling or staring eye.
GOGGLE-EYED
GOG'GLE-EYED, adjective Having prominent, distorted or rolling eyes.
GOGGLED
GOG'GLED, adjective Prominent; staring, as the eye.
GOGGLES
GOG'GLES, nounplural1. In surgery, instruments used to cure squinting, or the distortion of the eyes which occasions it.2. Cylindrical tubes, in which are fixed glasses for defe...